Can't tell if honestly forgetting or stealth joke XD
Joke. Definitely a joke. Referencing Imp by demonstrating her power is just to fun to let the chance pass.
"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
Ronkong Coma "the way of the bookhunter" III Catacombium
(Walter Moers "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher")